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In the early 1950s, especially, the two were nothing less than the most popular showbiz act in America, selling out theaters and legendary nightclubs, making hit movies and guest-starring on countless TV variety shows. With Martin playing his suave but jokey singer role to perfection and Lewis acting like a cross between a vaudevillian chimpanzee and a sugar-addled 8-year-old, the pair positively owned the entertainment world for the better part of a decade.

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Here, offers a series of photos by Ralph Morse, most of which never ran in LIFE magazine, of the berserk superstars at their most frantic, during a series of shows at New York’s Copacabana club in 1949. For ten years (in fact, for almost exactly ten years, from July 25, 1946, to late July 1956), Martin and Lewis performed their manic magic on nightclub stages, the radio, television and the silver screen. At the risk of oversimplifying the ineffable chemistry that makes stars of some folks and also-rans of so many others, the dynamic driving these unlikely partnerships can be roughly represented as “straight man and clown,” with laughs arising, in large part, from the obvious friction between the near-lunacy (or idiocy) of the latter and the long-suffering patience of the former.īut no mismatched duo in showbiz history so reliably or profitably convulsed eager-to-roar audiences as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in the middle part of the 20th century. Laurel and Hardy, Abbot and Costello, Hope and Crosby, Penn and Teller, Gibson and Glover (for those who enjoy Gibson’s stock, “unpredictable crazy guy” characterizations) and on and on.

It’s almost always two men, who turn out to be far more entertaining when they’re together than when they’re apart.

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Plus -Suggested content/ feedback by judges to improve your movie.There’s a storied tradition in show business that involves two seemingly incompatible but ultimately inextricable buddies.

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Please search the below link.Ī concise review closely examining the content of your movie by Adelaide Film Critic Dave Bradley. Unfortunately, If your film has been in competition or screened at the Festivals in Screen Australia's selection. BUT! If your short film has been broadcast on TV the film is ineligible, as well as being an International Premiere or Australian Premiere. Please search the below link.Īll Short Films 20 mins and under made after 2018 qualify.Please aim for clever, witty, satirical, zany, sophisticated comedy content. All Short Films 20 mins and under made after 2015 qualify.Please aim for clever, witty, satirical, zany, sophisticated comedy content. Suggested content/ feedback by judges to improve your movie. Similarly If you have been in competition or a screening at Tropfest and Over the Fence film festivals, these screenings count as an Australian Premiere. These screenings count as an International Premiere.

A concise review closely examining the content of your movie by Adelaide Film Critic Dave Bradley.